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Global LTE Fragmentation Is A Big Problem For Apple

LTE frequency bands are largely region-specific Apple has faced some challenges already when it comes to LTE on the new iPad and it looks like there will be more challenges to come as nearly 60% of mobile carriers worldwide expect to launch LTE service over the next 18 months. To date, the new iP...

$199 iPhone costing you more than a $650 iPhone would?

The North American markets (U.S. and Canada) are really the only two in the world...

Apple again seen testing FaceTime over 3G

While folks in the jailbreak community have been able to make FaceTime calls on cellular networks for quite some time now, others haven’t been so lucky. Since it debuted in 2010, the video calling feature has remained Wi-Fi-only.Today, however,evidencehas surfaced that suggests Apple is tes...

Pioneer Cellular lands the iPhone, too

The iPhone has landed today on another regional wireless network in the United States, bringing a total number of iPhone-friendly carriers in the country to thirteen.According to Oklahoma-based Pioneer Cellular, today they began offering the iPhone 4S in five company-owned stores.Additionally, Ap...

Verizon clarifies plans to discontinue grandfathered unlimited data plans

Verizon’s CFO Fran Shammo caused quite a commotion yesterday when he said the carrier was going to be discontinuing grandfathered unlimited data plans this summer. “Everyone will be on data share.”Folks are upset over the comments because up until this point, Verizon has allowed...

Verizon Will Kill Your Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plan When You Switch To 4G LTE

Kiss unlimited data goodbye on Verizon. Bad news for grandfathered unlimited data subscriber on Verizon: the nation’s largest carrier will kill unlimited data once and for all when subscribers switch over to 4G LTE data plans. Starting in mid-summer, when you buy a LTE handset and switch ov...

People Aren't Ditching Cellphone Contracts for Prepaid Devices—Yet [Carriers]

Long-term smartphone contracts are expensive and make carriers buckets of money. A report indicates that people are slowly wising up: In the first quarter of this year, carriers lost contract subscribers for the first time ever. Is this the beginning of the prepaid future? Not exactly.More »...

Apple iPhone is immune to carrier subsidies

Because Apple's stock is down, financial news outlets are on the prowl for an explanation...

Three more regional carriers get to sell the iPhone next Friday

You can add Bluegrass Cellular,Golden State Cellular andNex-Tech Wireless to your list of regional wireless operators that get to carry the iPhone in the United States, alongside the big three carriers (AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint).According to thepress releases out this morning, these ...

AT&T may be close to launching its shared data plans, CEO hints

According to a new report, AT&T, the nation’s second-largest carrier, could in fact be close to launching its shared data plans, as rumored. The semi-official hint was dropped in a comment made by AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega who described himself as being “very comforta...